Kindergarten Newsletter

 

April 11, 2025

 

Religion

We cannot put our confidence in ourselves to live faithfully. The only sure thing is the grace of God in Christ. We are working our way through the Easter story with the aid of a set of resurrection eggs to provide a visual and understand the sequence of events.  What have we found so far in the eggs 1-6? 

 

Graduation and More

We’re beginning to make plans for the big event, Kindergarten Graduation, which will take place on Thursday, May 29.  This event will be held in the gym and is open to friends and family.  If you haven’t done so already, please submit those baby pictures and a picture of your child engaged in their favorite activity.

 

Field Trip

We have one more opportunity to visit the Golden Rondelle.  The program, Science Makes Magic will be presented on Tuesday April 15 at 9:30.  We will board the bus promptly at 9:00 to get our place in line.  I sent the permission slip home on Thursday.  Please look for it in your child’s backpack.

 

Future Events

           

Palm Sunday               April 13     10:15               Our 8th graders will be confirmed

Maundy Thursday      April 17      4:15 & 6:30     Celebration of the Last Supper

Good Friday              April 18       7:00 PM          No School that day

Easter Sunday          April 20      6:30 & 10:15   If you do not have a church home, we would love for you to join us.

Easter Vacation           21-25                              No School for the Week

 

What Have We Learned

Language Lesson Focus – The importance of patience

Essential Question – What are the consequences of our impatience? We loved The Very Impatient Caterpillar by Ross Burach.  It was hilarious! 

Words to Know – Review of sight words.  What “Secret Stories” do we know to help us decode words?  Make, play, he, she, my. 

Writing –Our persuasive letters to Ms. Heins worked! She granted permission for us to have a pizza party. This will happen next Thursday April 17 in the afternoon. Please note that next Friday is Good Friday and we do not have school on that day.  Please join us for the 7 PM Service. It is one of my favorites.   

Phonics – Blends – What is the difference between a digraph and a blend. Hopefully, your child can share that digraphs contain two letter sounds that combine to make a totally new sound.  Blend sounds are said so closely together that they almost sound like one sound but they are actually two.  This blend fact is very important because as children learn to spell words, they often leave off the second letter.  We talked about having a very discerning ear to listen for both of the sounds. 

Math – We made up a new addition game with a deck of cards. This can be played at home to reinforce the addition concept. You will need to pull out the jack, queens, and kings from the deck.  An ace is worth one. Pick two cards, write an equation, and find the sum.    

 

End of the Year Events

We received confirmation from the Racine Zoo for an end of the year field trip.  We will be going on Tuesday, May, 27.  Please do not sign up for a hot lunch on Tuesday May 27. Morning friends would need to stay a bit longer on that day. Everyone will need a bag lunch that day. More information will follow soon.

  

 

Theme: Endure

Verse: "...and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith..."  Hebrews 12:1-3